Team
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Ajay Rotti
Founder & CEO
Ajay Rotti is the Founder of the Company. Prior to founding Tax Compaas, Ajay was Co-founder of Dhruva Advisors LLP and prior to that Ajay was a Partner – International taxation at KPMG. He has also previously worked with BMR Advisors and Ernst & Young. Ajay has more than 22 years of experience in the tax and regulatory arena. Ajay is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Law Graduate.
Ajay has considerable experience in international tax, corporate tax, transfer pricing areas. He has advised a number of large multinational and large Indian companies on a range of direct tax and regulatory issues. He has served clients primarily in the information technology and real estate sector. He has also represented various multinational and Indian companies before the regulatory authorities on corporate tax and transfer pricing assessments.
Meet our team
Leadership team
Kedar Kulkarni
Executive Director – Bengaluru
Kedar is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a Commerce graduate, bringing with him nearly 24 years of extensive experience in the field of taxation. His professional journey spans both consulting and industry roles, having worked with leading firms such as PwC and EY, as well as large and complex corporate groups including the General Electric (GE) and the Ola Group. This diverse background gives him a unique ability to understand tax matters from both the advisory and implementation perspectives.
Salil Goyal
Managing Director – EMEA and SEA
Salil is based out of Dubai, UAE. Salil is a Chartered Accountant with 15 years of rich experience in International Taxation and transfer pricing, having led the international tax practice at RSM Indonesia and worked across a range of industries including tech, energy, telecom, real estate, and manufacturing. He has also been an in-house tax lead for global operations in the telecom space — so he truly understands both sides of the table. Salil also has extensive experience in BEPS Pillar 2 impact evaluation, value chain planning and other aspects of Transfer Pricing.
Nikhil KP
Director – Bengaluru
Nikhil is a qualified Chartered Accountants, with over 14 years of post qualification experience. Nikhil has worked extensively on corporate tax and international tax areas. He has considerable experience in handling tax assessments and litigations of large Multinationals and Indian Companies. Nikhil has advised a range of Companies on Tax and Regulatory issues. Prior to joining Tax Compaas, he was with Dhruva Advisors LLP and KPMG.
Aditya Raipuria
Director – Bengaluru
Aditya Raipuria is a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 14 years of experience. Prior to joining Tax Compaas, Aditya has worked with Dhruva Advisors and with KPMG.
Aditya has considerable experience in corporate tax, transfer pricing and international tax areas. He has worked with a number of large multinational and large Indian companies on a range of direct tax and regulatory issues. He has served clients primarily in the information technology and manufacturing sector.
Virendra Sharma
Director – Bengaluru
Virendra Sharma is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a Company Secretary. He brings a wealth of expertise as a Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary, and CFA (US). Prior to joining us, he was part of the founding team of Dhruva Advisors LLP and has also worked in KPMG and E&Y.
Nimita Gandhi
Director – Bengaluru
With nearly 12 years of experience, Nimita is seasoned in corporate tax and international tax areas, advising many multi – national companies on direct taxes and regulatory issues. Nimita has advised various global capability centers in setting up operations in India. Nimita also holds significant experience in the fund sector, having advised various REITs and AIFs, on tax and regulatory issues, compliances and structuring.
Nimita is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and is also Advanced Diploma in International Taxation, UK based Chartered Institute of Taxation, qualified.
Rahul Jain
Associate Director – Bengaluru
Rahul is a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 10 years experience. Rahul has extensive experience in handling tax litigation and has represented large multinationals before the income-tax authorities. Rahul has served clients in the technology sector and Fintech. Rahul was working at Dhruva Advisors prior to joining Tax Compaas.
Gayathri A
Associate Director – Bengaluru
Gayathri is a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 11 years of experience. Gayathri has deep knowledge of transfer pricing and has assisted a lot of multinationals with their transfer pricing documentation and litigation in India. Gayathri has previously worked Dhruva Advisors and PwC.
Pranit Shah
Associate Director – Bengaluru
Pranit is a qualified Chartered Accountant with nearly 9 years of experience. Pranit has worked with clients in the real estate and manufacturing sector. Pranit specializes in corporate taxation. Pranit has previously worked with Dhruva Advisors.